Turning Stone Resort reopens award-winning golf courses

Throughout the month of April Upstate New York’s Turning Stone Resort Casino will be opening its numerous award-winning golf courses. The course will be made available to resort guests and members of the public. The various courses offer a wide variety of difficulties allowing for players of all skill levels to participate.

The resort in Verona, N.Y., has released the following reopening schedule:

On April 16 two courses designed by golf icon, Rick Smith, were made available for play. Sandstone Hollow offers players a challenging nine-hole experience that winds through the natural New York woods and wetlands. Additionally, on this day, Shenendoah was opened and offers 18-holes of PGA-level golf and Smith used the natural landscape to create wooded parkland holes, open pastures that capture the links feel. The course also hosted the PGA National Club Professional Championship back in 2006.

Designed by Rick Smith, Shenendoah offers 18-holes of PGA-level golf and hosted the PGA National Club Professional Championship in 2006. (Photo courtesy of Turning Stone Resort Casino)

Kaluhyat will open on April 23 and was named one of the top 100 best casino courses by Golfweek in 2015. The course was designed by Robert Trent Jones, Jr. and includes 18-holes was designed as a way to test players accuracy and strategy throughout a round. The rolling greens featured offer elevation changes and can reach up to 50 feet in some areas.

Designed by Tom Fazio, the course has hosted multiple tournaments throughout its time. (Photo courtesy of Turning Stone Resort Casino)

April 30 will see the opening of Atunyote which has also hosted numerous tournaments including Turning Stone Resort Championship, the PGA Professional National Championship and the BC Open. Designed by Tom Fazio the 18-hole course features placid lakes and streams, rolling hills and an open fairway.

Golf Channel’s Golf Advisor ranked Kaluhyat, Shenendoah and Atunyote as the top three best courses in New York. A fifth course at Turning Stone, the player-friendly Pleasant Knolls golf course, is already open.